Innovation Challenge
Design Delhi

A project of the Tata Centre for Development, in partnership with the Energy & Environment Lab and EPIC-India

Local Innovation for a Better Environment

In a first-of-a-kind partnership, the University of Chicago and the Delhi government launched The Urban Labs Innovation Challenge: Delhi—a unique competition that crowdsourced the best local ideas to cut pollution in Delhi and meet the city’s future energy needs. The Challenge is a project of the Tata Centre for Development, which is supported by Tata Trusts. The winners are working with the University of Chicago Urban Labs, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago’s India team (EPIC-India), and the Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission to pilot and test their ideas. If successful, the government could implement the programs at a large scale, providing an important model for other cities to follow in India and beyond.

Current Stage: Implementation and Evaluation

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Challenge Announcement

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Submission Deadline

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Finalists Announced

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Winners Announced

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Implementation and Evaluation

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Results

Winners

The three winners were chosen from nearly 250 citizens, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, non-profit, and for-profit organizations from across India and around the world who submitted ideas for the Challenge. Together, the winners received more than Rs. 2 crores ($300,000). They will now use that money to work with the University of Chicago and the Delhi government to implement and test their ideas.

Learn more about the Innovation Challenge: Delhi winners' ideas below.

Partners

The Challenge is run by the University of Chicago Urban Labs, with close coordination and implementation support from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's India Office, and the Dialogue Development Commission of Delhi. It is a project of the Tata Centre for Development and is supported by Tata Trusts.